To jb,
the announcer on one of the few occasions he braved the microphone gave the crowd figure of 2311.

2311? That is weak as piss given that the club supposedly has 9000 members. Canberrans are fickle as they come, happy to get behind winning teams but nowhere to be found when their support is most needed.

I feel sorry for guys like Stephen Moore and some of the young blokes the Brumbies have running around who don’t have much first-grade experience. Every loss played in front of a nearly empty stadium must really sap their confidence.

Last Saturday night was a disgrace, and an embarrassment to all the visiting spectators. I’m not even talking about the Brumbies who apart from one 30+ phase play(with no result), kicked the ball on every occasion.
What was the story with the big screen? Do they only plug it in if there are more than 10,000 people there? And the announcer was notable for his absence. We only heard about half of the replcements and the usual comments to the crowd to get behind the team were few and far between.
As the weather gets colder the Brumbies (players and Admin) need to realise that we are not going to continually fork over hard earned money for poor service.
I think the players did try hard and we have been hit hard with injuries but this was a game we could have won. As someone else mentioned it doesn’t help when one of our props continues to believe he is a back and doesn’t need to get involved in the rucks and mauls but rather sit out on the wing waiting to stuff up planned backline moves.
I was pleasantly surprised last month when i was up in Brisbane and watched the Reds play that after the game all the players went to the sideline to talk to the devoted fans. On saturday night the only Brumbies player to face the fans was Pat McCabe. All the rest stood in a huddle in the middle until the children lining the sidelines, waiting for their chance to get an autograph or at least shake hands with one of their local heroes had been dragged away by disgruntled parents. That doesn’t send the right message to the potential Brumbies members of the future. Maybe they were scared they would get abused, but what they nedd to realise is that those of us still their are the die hard fans who just want some recognitions for our support.
On a final note, the only commentry we heard on Saturday was between a Group of teenagers sitting behind us swearing at another group on the concourse. Bad enough but the security standing nearby did nothing.

Besides a certain prop still thinking he is a back I thought they had a go. Not good enough by a long stretch but they had a go. As a member I can go and support and watch a side that does their best, even though it can be a chore at times.

And as the above posts said, the banter and the one liners are the entertainment.

The crowd was much more entertaining last night. It’s very much the diehards left now who are well and truly resigned to the fact that we suck and have decided to at least find humour in the situation.

There was some great banter in our bay with a bunch of Yarpie supporters, telling them they should be ashamed for only winning by 13.